Get started

Connect your store, see your first results — no code required for supported platforms.

The five steps#

  1. Create your account at app.cartamplify.com. Verify your email and you’re in.

  2. Set up your workspace. The onboarding wizard asks for your organization name, store URL, country, and the languages you sell in. Add every language you actively sell in — each one becomes its own little brain that learns independently.

  3. Connect your store. Pick your platform below and follow the plugin install. The plugin handles the boring parts — syncing your catalog, tracking shopper events, and dropping widget code on your storefront.

  4. Verify it’s working. Open Dashboard → Data → Products to confirm your catalog count matches your store, then Dashboard → Data → Events to watch live events stream in.

  5. Place your first widget. A default search widget is created for you. For recommendations, head to Dashboard → AI Features → Recommendations AI → Widgets → New widget, pick a type, and either let your platform plugin handle placement or wire the API call from your storefront code (headless setups).

Set up your workspace#

Connect your store#

Pick your platform.

Shopify

Install from the Shopify App Store. Approve OAuth scopes when prompted. Catalog and events sync automatically. Widget placement is configured inside Shopify’s theme editor.
WooCommerce

Install the official CartAmplify for WooCommerce plugin from the WordPress.org directory — search “CartAmplify” in WP Admin → Plugins → Add New, install, activate, then paste your API key in the plugin settings to link the store.
BigCommerce

Install from the BigCommerce App Marketplace. Authorize the app, then choose which storefronts to connect.
Magento

Extension package available from your dashboard onboarding. Install via Magento Marketplace or upload via Magento admin.
OpenCart

Plugin available from dashboard onboarding. Install via OpenCart’s extension installer.
Other / headless

Custom platform or headless storefront? Use the API directly — see the developer quickstart.

Verify it’s working#

Two checks in the dashboard tell you everything is wired up correctly.

Catalog count#

Open Dashboard → Data → Products. The total at the top should roughly match your store’s product count. If it’s lower, your sync is still running — large catalogs take a few minutes. If it’s much lower than expected and hasn’t moved, check the sync status banner on the Products page for errors.

Live events#

Open Dashboard → Data → Events. As real shoppers visit your site, new rows appear in the live feed within seconds: product views, cart adds, searches. If you see nothing after browsing your own store in another tab, the event tracker isn’t firing — usually a JavaScript snippet that needs to be re-saved in the plugin settings.

Place your first widget#

Your workspace ships with a default search widget already configured — just expose it in your store’s theme (the plugin handles this for supported platforms).

For recommendations, create a new widget in the dashboard:

  1. Dashboard → AI Features → Recommendations AI → Widgets → New widget.

  2. Pick the widget type. Five options, each suited to a different page (homepage, product page, cart). See Recommendations for which to choose.

  3. Name it and pick the destination. The name is just for you (“Homepage shelf”, “PDP similar items”) — it shows up in analytics.

  4. Pick the placement in the platform plugin dropdown, or — on headless / custom storefronts — wire the call to /v1/recommendations from your own code (see the API reference).

  5. Save and go live. The widget starts serving immediately, even before personalization activates — content-based results until enough events are collected.

What’s next#

Your first 30 days

Week-by-week timeline of what to expect from cold start through personalization waking up.

 How personalization works

The plain-English explanation of what’s happening under the hood.

 Recommendations

Five widget types — choose the right one for each surface in your store.

 Reading your analytics

Make sense of the numbers in your dashboard.